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WFSU-TV Segment: Tallahassee Disco, 1979

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1979

Video Details

13:19, color, sound and silent, CA301, S1239

Description

This film reel made by WFSU-TV in 1979 features interviews with local Tallahassee disco club owners and shows attendees dancing. It also showcases The Record Bar's display racks and bins full of disco, soul, R&B and funk albums by artists such as Teddy Pendergrass, Melba Moore, Evelyn “Champagne” King, The Jones Girls, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown and Cameo.

Coverage

Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

Personal Subject

Ken Darby

Subject

African American
Disco
Dancing
Music
Club owners
Discothèques--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Nightclubs--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Amusements--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Record stores--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Sound recordings--Album covers

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WFSU-TV Segment: Tallahassee Disco, 1979

Subject

African American

Disco

Dancing

Music

Club owners

Discothèques--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Nightclubs--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Amusements--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Record stores--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee

Sound recordings--Album covers

Description

Creator

WFSU-TV (Television station : Tallahassee, Fla.)

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series 1239

Date

1979

Format

16mm films

Language

en-US

Type

Moving Image

Coverage

Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

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1979

Video Details

13:19, color, sound and silent, CA301, S1239

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color

Video Sound

sound

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true

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Subject - Person

Ken Darby

Subject - Corporate

Columbo's Disco (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Production One Disco After Dark (Tallahassee, Fla.)

The Record Bar (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Video Filename

ca301.mp4

Geographic Term

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

Chicago Manual of Style

WFSU-TV (Television station : Tallahassee, Fla.). WFSU-TV Segment: Tallahassee Disco, 1979. 1979. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/351461>, accessed 22 June 2026.

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WFSU-TV (Television station : Tallahassee, Fla.). WFSU-TV Segment: Tallahassee Disco, 1979. 1979. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/351461>

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(State Archives of Florida/WFSU-TV (Television station : Tallahassee)

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